Birding my Fetlar patch since 2016 (formerly Durham and Cleveland) All bird pics are my own and self-found (unless stated otherwise)
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Found this Bluethroat at Funzie this afternoon, such a skulker, only saw it out in the open once in well over an hour.
Very few migrants on show today, just a couple of Chiffs and this Yellow-browed Warbler which has been at Leagarth for nearly a week now.
Must have checked thousands of Goldies this Autumn trying to find an American Golden Plover. Finally I found this pristine juvenile at Funzie this afternoon.
The weather beat me today but I managed to come across this stunning Long eared Owl before I headed home.
Yellow-browed Warbler numbers have been relatively poor this Autumn and most of them have been quite elusive. This one put on a show today at Leagarth.
A combination of seriously strong winds and a very elusive bird meant it took me an hour to get a few brief glimpses of this Red-breasted Flycatcher, at Tresta, today (found late afternoon yesterday by John Sweeney)
Originally found on Tuesday (by Andy Cook) this Turtle Dove has been extremely elusive since. I’d seen it twice but only from distance and, more often than not, in flight, until today. I re-found it among a flock of c30 Rock Doves on Houbie beach.
Pied Flycatcher at Northdale and a distant Grey Plover at Funzie (quite possibly the regular returning bird)
A more than decent day. Two Quails (the island is jumping with them) Water Rail, Redpoll, RTDivers, RNPhals, dozens of recently fledged Wheatears and the Ruddy Shelduck which was back after going AWOL for a couple of days.
